With only a month left until Nov. 3, it’s unclear whether they can or will call Republican lawmakers off the campaign trail before what's expected to be a tough election for the GOP..

North Carolina counties are now paying more for a federal program that helps some hungry people eat, as a law shifting more of the cost of the nutrition assistance program to states takes effect.

The N.C. Board of Elections is planning to ask the 1,599 registered voters identified by a federal database as potential noncitizens to either confirm their citizenship or ask to be removed from the s...

The Senate Leadership Fund is diverting tens of millions of advertising dollars away from North Carolina’s closely watched U.S. Senate race between Republican Michael Whatley and former Democratic Gov...

North Carolina’s State Board of Education says it could take action against CMS if reviews find violations involving district finances.

Artificial intelligence is making it easier to create realistic political images, videos and audio, leaving voters with a new question as they head toward the midterm elections: How do they know what ...

Cook Political Report rates the race as “solid Republican.”

Every generation has an ideological gender gap — and Gen Z is no different. A new poll from The 19th and YouGov sheds light on how young men and women tend to diverge on issues of gender and reproduct...

A proposed amendment to cap local property taxes looks appealing, but it’s really a gift to data centers, Duke Energy and Raleigh politicians.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off a month-long blitz of campaign stops in advance of the midterm elections with a Thursday rally in deep-red Oklahoma before heading to other states with ...

Common Cause NC poll: voters want partisan politics out of election admistration, support Sunday voting and campus voting sites.

A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

The payout is the first installment of a settlement that could bring up to $645 million to the state by 2035. The remaining payments to the state will be made through the next decade, with installment...

Members of the North Carolina's Advisory Council on Cannabis gave the public its first glimpse this week of how a public consumption policy might be crafted. Legislators would first need to give their...

Created through President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending law in 2025, the Education Freedom Tax Credit program allows individuals to claim a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit of up to $1,7...

Generation Z voters still skeptical of major parties and still divided, but are finding common ground on some issues as midterm elections near

U.S. Senate Republicans did not gain any support Wednesday from Democrats as they attempted to advance a bill that mashed together two hot-button midterm issues: requiring voter ID in federal election...

A N.C. housing advocacy group and nine other nonprofits asked a federal court to block the Trump administration from withholding funds.

The political commercials couldn’t be much more different, yet they’re competing to appeal to the same rural community and are attracting national attention.

A trio of Duke University climate experts said the early-season nor'easter, Hurricane Helene, and scorching summer temperatures all underscore the need for communities and governments to rethink their...

A federal grand jury indicted 10 noncitizens for unlawfully voting in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday, highlighting President Donald Trump's effort to keep election securi...

In a crowded hotel conference room in Raleigh Tuesday, traffic safety researchers, and state government officials attended the final summit hosted by the North Carolina Alliance for Safe Transportatio...

President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call ...

NC school finance officials told a state commission that funding restrictions and late budgets make planning harder for school districts.

Tariff criitcs will argue Wednesday in the Court of International Trade that the Trump administration did not properly establish forced labor cases against dozens of U.S. trading partners before levyi...

None of the nearly 1600 people in NC flagged as possible noncitizens on the voter roles had been contacted as of mid-Sept. 2026.

The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.

An approximately three-mile line of vehicles stretched through Rodanthe on Monday as hundreds of vacationers sought to board the emergency ferry leaving Hatteras Island on the North Carolina coast.

Thousands of refugees and people granted asylum who are living in North Carolina will lose their Medicaid coverage due to cuts made in the 2025 federal spending bill.

New data shows North Carolina high school students feel safer in school than they have in the past. But members of the N.C. Governor’s Advisory Council for Student Safety and Well-Being want millions ...

The three news organizations that President Donald Trump barred from entering the White House grounds earlier this month have asked a federal judge to ensure their reporters continue to have access af...

The bill — which sailed through on a 77-22 vote — would set a national framework for college athletes’ compensation, provide certain antitrust protections to the NCAA, establish a five-year eligibilit...

The Raleigh Rescue Mission opened a new $41 million campus in Knightdale for women and children experiencing homelessness.

Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm e...

NC nonprofits are organizing opposition to U.S. Census changes proposed by the Trump administration, which they say would result in inaccuracies.

Older voters typically have the highest turnout in elections. But they appear to be even more motivated than usual to vote this year.

Democratic and Republican governors say they will more aggressively push back on federal overreach regardless of which party controls Washington. Earlier this month, the bipartisan National Governors ...

The $810 million in the “pocket rescission” would have gone to refugee assistance programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, a Treasury Department program that provided “debt forgiveness...

The signs, text messages and mailers promise cash, quick sales and a seamless means of unloading unwanted homes. But advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowne...

Government should tax only to raise money for its essential functions. I support a thorough review of expenditures each year. A goal I share with proponents of this amendment is a mechanism that will ...

Project Kitty Hawk is serving 2,889 adult learners in online degree programs this fall, a 54% increase from last fall.

Video obtained by the group shows a man wearing a badge standing near two men sitting in the grass next to a road. The seated men’s hands are behind their backs.

Gov. Josh Stein declared Friday officially "Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Day of Reading,” across North Carolina in memory of the Tennessee musician, her hit song "9 to 5," and her philanthropy t...

Local television and social media are where most North Carolina voters get their political and government news, according to a poll released Friday. No other source reached more than 17% of voters.

Western North Carolina marks two years after Helene caused $60 billion in damages. Communities are pulling together, but progress remains slow.

The Durham, N.C., juvenile detention center is now holding classes for its students, but the youth home still has problems, according to a new report.

GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the chair of the Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, said the point of the hearing was to find out “what is going on with the expanding surveillance network that...

If you’re a millennial like me, climate anxiety is practically in your DNA. I’ve lived through my fair share of climate change-induced disasters, and 2024’s Hurricane Helene was just the latest and gr...

The White House, however, didn’t appear to be following the ruling as of 10 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, when attorneys representing the news organizations filed a brief asking the court to hold a videoc...

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly indicated during a Wednesday hearing he may order the Trump administration to reinstate White House press passes for reporters from three news organizations ...